After the Act: After-Sex Behaviors and Their Correlates in Straight Chinese Couples
Abstract
1. Introduction
1.1. After-Sex Behaviors and Satisfaction
1.2. After-Sex Behaviors and Gender
1.3. Sexual Dysfunction and Sensate Focus Sex Therapy
1.4. Aims and Hypothesis
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measurements
2.2.1. Background Variables
2.2.2. After-Sex Behaviors
2.2.3. Knowledge About Refractory Period and Orgasm
2.2.4. Relationship Satisfaction
2.2.5. Intimacy
2.2.6. Sexual Satisfaction
2.2.7. Sexual Dysfunction
2.3. Statistical Analyses
Missing Values
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Information Regarding the Sample
3.2. After-Sex Behaviors and Their Correlates
3.3. After-Sex Behaviors and Relationship Satisfaction, Intimacy, and Sexual Satisfaction
Gender Differences
3.4. After-Sex Behaviors and Sexual Dysfunction
3.5. Effects of Sensate Focus Intervention on After-Sex Behaviors
4. Discussion
Strengths and Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Component 1 | Component 2 | |
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After sexual activity, we showered separately | 0.871 | 0.131 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | 0.718 | −0.177 |
After sexual activity, we showered together | −0.552 | |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | 0.258 | 0.823 |
After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | −0.365 | 0.694 |
Men % | Women % | χ2 | p | All Participants % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | 88.1 | 85.7 | 0.105 | 0.746 | 86.9 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | 4.8 | 9.5 | 0.718 | 0.397 | 7.1 |
After sexual activity, we showered together | 71.4 | 59.5 | 1.317 | 0.251 | 65.5 |
After sexual activity, we showered separately | 14.3 | 21.4 | 0.730 | 0.393 | 17.9 |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | 38.1 | 47.6 | 0.778 | 0.378 | 42.9 |
Age | Gender | Education a | Length b | FirstSex c | N of Partners d | |
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After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | −0.151 | −0.035 | −0.094 | −0.070 | −0.036 | 0.057 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | 0.209 | 0.092 | 0.015 | 0.194 | −0.028 | 0.028 |
After sexual activity, we showered together | −0.167 | −0.125 | 0.024 | −0.125 | −0.130 | 0.116 |
After sexual activity, we showered separately | 0.310 ** | 0.093 | 0.121 | 0.254 * | 0.120 | 0.035 |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | −0.101 | 0.096 | −0.137 | 0.054 | −0.129 | −0.239 * |
Negative After-sex | 0.302 ** | 0.143 | 0.047 | 0.249 * | 0.120 | −0.042 |
Communication | −0.155 | 0.055 | −0.153 | 0.006 | −0.118 | −0.115 |
Age | Educational Level | Relationship Length | First-Time Sex | N of Sexual Partners | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Diff. | Men | Women | Diff. | Men | Women | Diff. | Men | Women | Diff. | Men | Women | Diff. | |
After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | −0.148 | −0.169 | 0.920 | −0.238 | 0.048 | 0.201 | −0.278 | 0.110 | 0.080 | −0.023 | −0.060 | 0.873 | 0.071 | 0.021 | 0.826 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | 0.286 | 0.185 | 0.638 | 0.047 | 0.006 | 0.857 | 0.310 | .0112 | 0.358 | −0.120 | 0.062 | 0.418 | 0.146 | −0.047 | 0.390 |
After sexual activity, we showered together | −0.214 | −0.163 | 0.818 | 0.099 | −0.076 | 0.441 | −0.200 | −0.054 | 0.509 | −0.152 | −0.125 | 0.905 | 0.000 | 0.228 | 0.308 |
After sexual activity, we showered separately | 0.337 * | 0.326 * | 0.960 | −0.014 | 0.272 | 0.197 | 0.282 | 0.229 | 0.803 | 0.082 | 0.171 | 0.689 | 0.149 | −0.071 | 0.327 |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | −0.124 | −0.050 | 0.741 | −0.195 | −0.060 | 0.542 | 0.059 | 0.048 | 0.960 | −0.110 | −0.139 | 0.897 | −0.164 | −0.313 * | 0.484 |
Negative After-sex | 0.361 * | 0.305 * | 0.780 | −0.052 | 0.171 | 0.322 | 0.335 * | 0.173 | 0.441 | 0.094 | 0.169 | 0.734 | 0.110 | −0.177 | 0.201 |
Communication | −0.174 | −0.124 | 0.818 | −0.277 | −0.019 | 0.242 | −0.093 | 0.093 | 0.412 | −0.102 | −0.134 | 0.889 | −0.099 | −0.219 | 0.589 |
Relationship Satisfaction | Intimacy | Sexual Satisfaction | |
---|---|---|---|
After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | 0.199 * | 0.148 | 0.024 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | −0.290 ** | −0.348 ** | −0.227 * |
After sexual activity, we showered together | 0.144 | 0.248 * | 0.116 |
After sexual activity, we showered separately | −0.240 * | −0.396 ** | −0.164 |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | 0.018 | −0.012 | 0.049 |
Negative After-sex | −0.283 ** | −0.431 ** | −0.212 * |
Communication | 0.117 | 0.068 | 0.049 |
Relationship Satisfaction | Intimacy | Sexual Satisfaction | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Men | Women | Diff. | Men | Women | Diff. | Men | Women | Diff. | |
After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | 0.145 | 0.231 | 0.697 | 0.003 | 0.262 * | 0.0242 | −0.101 | 0.089 | 0.401 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | −0.106 | −0.350 * | 0.254 | −0.314 * | −0.374 ** | 0.764 | −0.054 | −0.291 * | 0.280 |
After sexual activity, we showered together | −0.092 | 0.238 | 0.139 | 0.243 | 0.256 | 0.952 | 0.059 | 0.124 | 0.772 |
After sexual activity, we showered separately | 0.106 | −0.386 ** | 0.023 * | −0.279 * | −0.483 ** | 0.289 | 0.182 | −0.333 * | 0.019 * |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | 0.015 | 0.047 | 0.889 | −0.023 | −0.003 | 0.928 | 0.007 | 0.103 | 0.667 |
Negative After-sex | 0.074 | −0.429 ** | 0.019 * | −0.359 ** | −0.492 ** | 0.472 | 0.034 | −0.321 * | 0.105 |
Communication | 0.088 | 0.154 | 0.764 | −0.016 | 0.133 | 0.509 | −0.048 | 0.122 | 0.453 |
CHEES a | IIEF-5 b | FSFI c | FSFI Desire | FSFI Arousal | FSFI Lubrication | FSFI Orgasm | FSFI Satisfaction | FSFI Pain | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
After sexual activity, we continued kissing, caressing, or hugging each other | 0.242 | −0.244 | 0.321 * | 0.323 * | 0.373 * | −0.037 | 0.277 | 0.355 * | 0.134 |
After sexual activity, we discontinued bodily contact immediately | 0.058 | 0.018 | −0.364 * | −0.304 | −0.230 | −0.052 | −0.396 ** | −0.350 * | −0.277 |
After sexual activity, we showered together | 0.050 | −0.100 | 0.094 | 0.145 | 0.051 | −0.117 | 0.076 | 0.265 | 0.027 |
After sexual activity, we showered separately | 0.064 | 0.128 | −0.056 | −0.256 | 0.151 | 0.125 | −0.087 | −0.220 | −0.037 |
After sexual activity, we talked about the sex | 0.194 | −0.299 | 0.249 | 0.364 * | 0.347 * | 0.128 | 0.152 | 0.136 | 0.010 |
Negative After-sex | 0.016 | 0.123 | −0.200 | −0.301 | −0.035 | 0.106 | −0.215 | −0.367 * | −0.125 |
Communications | 0.278 | −0.362 * | 0.349 * | 0.435 ** | 0.448 ** | 0.075 | 0.255 | 0.283 | 0.077 |
Pre-Intervention Mean (SD) | Post-Intervention Mean (SD) | |
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Control | 0.55 (0.76) | 0.92 (0.88) |
Sensate Focus | 0.69 (0.92) | 0.69 (0.89) |
Pre-Intervention Mean (SD) | Post-Intervention Mean (SD) | |
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Control | 1.18 (0.65) | 1.37 (0.63) |
Sensate Focus | 1.31 (0.67) | 1.11 (0.67) |
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Huang S, Yang J, Santtila P. After the Act: After-Sex Behaviors and Their Correlates in Straight Chinese Couples. Sexes. 2025; 6(3):48. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes6030048
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Sijia, Julie Yang, and Pekka Santtila. 2025. "After the Act: After-Sex Behaviors and Their Correlates in Straight Chinese Couples" Sexes 6, no. 3: 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes6030048
APA StyleHuang, S., Yang, J., & Santtila, P. (2025). After the Act: After-Sex Behaviors and Their Correlates in Straight Chinese Couples. Sexes, 6(3), 48. https://doi.org/10.3390/sexes6030048